Is lucifer the supreme one of freemasonry?

Answer 1

The term "Lucifer" defined means "Light-Bearer" or "Morning Star". This word/name is never referred to within the ritual of Freemasonry as being a "Supreme One". Freemasons refer to "The Great Architect of the Universe" as being the supreme deity, such having crafted the universe and its laws. Much confusion has arisen among non-Masons based upon misinformed readings of works by Albert Pike and Manly P. Hall.

As Freemasons we often hear from misinformed individuals who believe that "Lucifer" is synonymous with "The Satan" referred to in Christian scriptures. A simple comparison within Christian Scripture of Isaiah 14:12 with Revelation 22:16 will demonstrate that "Lucifer" in Isaiah's book cannot refer to The Satan, as this terminology is applied to Jesus in the Book of Revelation.

Rather the term "Lucifer" was introduced by Saint Jerome into Isaiah 14:12, and was a liberal translation of "glowing star son of the morning". Originally the term "Lucifer" referred to the planet Venus (see "Lucifer" in the Catholic Encyclopedia), also referred to as the "bright morning star". In context of Isaiah 14:12, "Lucifer" was the fallen King of Babylon - a human being.

Finally it is also interesting to note that "Christ" is called "Lucifer" in the Roman Catholic Exultet (Easter Proclamation) in praise of the Paschal Candle. The Latin is:

"Flammas eius Lucifer matutinus inveniat:

ille, inquam, Lucifer, qui nescit occasum,

Christus Filius tuus qui,

regressus ab inferis,

humano generi serenus illuxit,

et vivit et regnat in saecula saeculorum."

Translated into English:

"This flame be found still burning by the Morning Star:

the one Morning Star who never sets,

Christ your Son who,

coming back from death's domain,

has shed his peaceful light on humanity,

and lives and reigns for ever and ever."